#Innewsoftheabsurd Great, that is all we need...jumping leeches. Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood. #Nature #wildlife #blood https://archive.ph/8Wtc3Videos
@Victor I think I should add something to my list of genetics projects...
Find suitable genes for a neurotoxin that is deadly to parasites, & for a mechanism (eg protein) granting immunity to it, put it into a retroviral vector, and (if/when I decide to actually go through with the gene-editing, which will most likely only happen if I become terminally ill or permanently and catastrophically disabled) test it on myself.
Because gaining parasite immunity via neurotoxin secretion sounds so nice.
@IrelandTorin Problem w/ this is that it is toxin specific. Nature already has examples like Monarch butterflies being able to munch on toxic Milkweed, or Clown Fish swimming and living next to deadly & poisonous sea anemone, Poison frogs eating poisonous insects... Which is your choice of poison/venom/neurotoxin you would like to survive? Then again, Nature likes evolution & toxins may be structurally similar & hence their structure may impart or predict its toxicity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10890502/